How to Use cay in a Sentence

cay

noun

• And what about sea level rise, and the fate of most of the other sandy cays in the Canal de l’Est?
  — Dana Snitzky, Longreads, 20 Feb. 2018
• What used to be a cay is now a spit of sand encircled by a coral reef.
  — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
• The road from Freeport to the cays to reach survivors was impassible.
  — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• The Bahamas consists of more than 700 islands and many more cays.
  — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
• In the south, watery cays and island scrub show nature’s blitzkrieg.
  — Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
• You’re bound to find your perfect beach on the mainland and on one of the tiny, neighboring cays only a short boat ride away.
  — Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 28 May 2024
• Sandy Island is a small cay off Sandy Ground beach in Anguilla.
  — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
• Actually, both Paul and Ringo seemed to go home rather unfazed by their little vay-cay in the Inner Light.
  — Morgan Enos, Billboard, 27 Apr. 2018
• Exuma is made up of 365 cays and islands with the largest being Great Exuma.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 1 May 2017
• On Masig Island, a low-lying coral cay that’s home to some 270 people, the wind ripped down trees, and huge tidal surges flooded houses and an old cemetery.
  — WIRED, 6 Jan. 2023
• Snorkel on your own around a small cay, or book a trip with one of the island's operators to check out its secret underwater spots.
  — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2020
• The dead included the vessel’s captain, a cook, a crewman, 19 lobster divers and five cay residents.
  — Washington Post, 5 July 2019
• Boaters and sailors can island hop among the myriad cays, stopping to swim, dive, and snorkel, or to enjoy refreshments at a colorful beach bar.
  — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
• Parts of Great and Little Abaco, the two main islands, plus the smaller cays, still lack electricity and running water.
  — Andrea Sachs, Houston Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2019
• On smaller islands and cays, the evacuations had to be done by boat or helicopter, as bridges were washed out and roads impassable.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019
• According to the tourism board, slightly more than half of all visitors to the British overseas territory’s 60 islands and cays stay on yachts.
  — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020
• The Abaco Islands are a group of islands and barrier cays in the northern Bahamas, east of southern Florida.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 2 Sep. 2019
• Tidal surges from the storm were projected to reach up to 23 feet above normal levels, saturating low-lying cays and islands.
  — Author: Jasper Ward, Anthony Faiola, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2019
• Rain tends to be heaviest in southern Belize and the country’s jungle areas, and the lightest in northern Belize and on the many Belizean cays or islands.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2023
• As the group of scientists snorkeled the reefs surrounding the coral cay on the southern end of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one spotted a strange-looking jellyfish in the water.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 19 July 2019
• Located just 50 miles off the coast of Florida, Bimini is a collection of cays and islands in the Bahamas that offer a mix of adventure and rest.
  — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024
• The archipelago of eight major islands and dozens of small, uninhabited cays comes surrounded by some of the clearest and bluest waters on earth, which lap against the soft-sand shores.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
• Claims that the island of Great Exuma is a remote private cay with no infrastructure are also patently false.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 1 May 2017
• Ahead of the Hurricane Watch being issued, commercial fishing operators were urged to evacuate the cays and get out of the water.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
• Overall, the country has more than 700 islands and thousands of cays in a sprawling archipelago southeast of Florida.
  — Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
• Waterborne adventures are the best way to explore The Bahamas’ 700 islands and cays; sailing or boating through these crystal-clear waters will leave you breathless.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2023
• Regular snorkeling tours and fishing charters depart for Lady Musgrave Island, a coral cay known for its mix of coral reefs and pisonia forests.
  — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
• While the Bahamas is comprised of over 700 islands and cays in total, Nassau and Paradise Island alone are enough to fill an upscale itinerary for both the stationary and the adventurous.
  — Céline Bossart, Town & Country, 30 Nov. 2017
• Catamaran excursions or sunset cocktail cruises to tiny, white-sand cays like Scrub Island or Sandy Island are among top things to do in the destination.
  — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2023
• This year brought the debut of the posh, eco-minded luxury Lovango Resort + Beach Club, where both overnight guests and day-pass visitors can indulge in beachfront food and drink service from the privacy of their very own cay.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024